Senior IMF Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, Peter Breuer, said today that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) looks forward to analysing the details of the recent agreement between Sri Lankan authorities and the Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) of China...
Beijing, Oct. 20 (Xinhua): Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday.
Wickremesinghe is in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
Noting that Sri Lanka was one of the first countries...
The Supreme Court has concluded the arguments put forward in support of and against the Online Safety Bill. Forty-six (46) Special Determination petitions had been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of this bill.
The parties relating to...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team and Sri Lankan authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the first review of the 48-month EFF-supported programme.
Sri Lanka will have access to SDR 254 million (about US$330 million)...
The State Minister of Power and Energy, D.V. Chanaka, stressed that there is no threat of a fuel shortage and emphasised that the necessary tenders for fuel imports up to June of the next year have been completed, ensuring...
SJB parliamentarian Ajith Mannapperuma was suspended from parliament for four weeks today after he attempted to remove the mace from its designated place.
A tense situation erupted in parliament this morning, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the parliamentary proceedings for...
An Israeli airstrike on Thursday killed Jehad Mheisen, the head of Hamas-led national security forces in Palestine.
Mheisen was killed along with several other family members at his house, Reuters reported, quoting a Hamas-affiliated news agency.
A Palestine-affiliated news organisation, Jerusalem...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak offered Israeli President Isaac Herzog his country’s solidarity on Thursday, saying London supported Israel’s right to defend itself while also calling for humanitarian access to Gaza after the attack by Hamas.
The two leaders underlined...
The Indian Navy's Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) arrived at SLAF Base Katunayake for the training of Sri Lanka Air Force pilots and Sri Lanka Navy ships for shipborne helicopter operations on October 19, 2023.
The training is planned to familiarise...
The Chinese Finance Minister, Liu Kun, has reaffirmed China's commitment to extend comprehensive support for the implementation of a medium-term and long-term programme that is mutually beneficial to both parties and aimed at optimising Sri Lanka's debt.
The Chinese Finance...
The Supreme Court today decided not to proceed with the Special Determination petitions filed challenging the constitutionality of the anti-terrorism bill since the bill has not been tabled in Parliament as yet.
Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya announced that the Supreme...
Jaffna District former Parliamentarian Vijayakala Maheshwaran was released from a case relating to a controversial statement she made in 2018 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis ordered the release of the former Parliamentarian taking into account the...
